Barriers to the development of palliative care in Western Europe

Abstract

substantially from each other in both their scope and context and that some may be considered to be of greater significance than others. A number of common barriers to the development of the discipline do exist and much work still remains to be done in the identified areas. This paper provides a road map of which barriers need to be addressed.

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Palliative care and nursing in dissertations and theses in Portugal: a bibliometric study

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